A room with a port view in Cudillero
Nora wants the Cudillero room that looks onto the fishing port, not a back wall. An A1 Spanish story about that one choice.
La habitación con vista en Cudillero
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What you'll learn
Present tense, querer, hay and estar: choosing a room by what the window shows.
Nora arrives in Cudillero, a fishing village in Asturias, and chooses the room that faces the small port. Houses climb the steep street above the water. She pays a little more and stays at the window into the evening. In Asturian the village is called Cuideiru.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
Alquilé una habitación en un hotel pequeño.
newI rented a room in a small hotel.
Preterite tense of alquilar (I rented).
Useful phrase for narrating past events.
Es una habitación con vista al mar.
newIt is a room with a sea view.
Ser + description. Vista al mar = sea view.
Common accommodation description.
Me costó un poco más pero vale la pena.
newIt cost me a bit more but it is worth it.
Costar in preterite. Vale la pena = fixed expression.
Useful expression for justifying expenses.
Tiene una ventana que ocupa toda la pared.
newIt has a window that takes up the whole wall.
Tener (to have) in present tense. Ocupar = to occupy.
Describing room features and sizes.
Duermo muy bien escuchando el sonido de las olas.
newI sleep very well listening to the sound of the waves.
Dormir (to sleep) in present. Gerund: escuchando.
Describing experience using gerund.
Por la mañana desayuno allí afuera.
newIn the morning I have breakfast out there.
Por la mañana = in the morning. Desayunar = to have breakfast.
Describing daily morning routines.
Por las tardes el sol se pone en el mar.
newIn the afternoons the sun sets in the sea.
Ponerse (to set, of the sun) — reflexive verb.
Describing sunset — a common topic.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
habitación
habitación
room, bedroom
ventana
ventana
window
playa
playa
beach
cama
cama
bed
almohada
almohada
pillow
balcón
balcón
balcony
toalla
toalla
towel
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Hay — expressions of existence
Hay cuatro almohadas suaves.
There are four soft pillows.
Hay indicates existence. It does not change with number: hay una almohada / hay cuatro almohadas.
The most common structure for indicating existence in Spanish.
Ser and Estar — to be
La cama es grande con sábanas blancas.
The bed is big with white sheets.
Ser = permanent characteristics (cama es grande). Estar = states, location.
Distinguishing ser/estar is a fundamental skill in Spanish.
Gender and number agreement
Las paredes son de color claro y alegre.
The walls are light and cheerful in color.
Adjectives agree in gender and number: pared (fem.) → blanca; paredes → blancas.
Important rule for correct sentence construction in Spanish.
Present indicative (regular actions)
Duermo muy bien escuchando el sonido de las olas.
I sleep very well listening to the sound of the waves.
Present tense for current actions. Dormir (o→ue): duermo, duermes, duerme...
The most important tense for basic communication in Spanish.
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